CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Sept. 18, 2025 – The Wyoming Arts Council, in partnership with the Piatigorsky Foundation, is pleased to announce the Fall 2025 statewide tour featuring violinist Linda Rosenthal and piano accompanist Steven Heyman. From Sept. 24-28, the duo will present a series of free public concerts and school outreach programs in communities across Wyoming.
The Piatigorsky Foundation is dedicated to making live classical music accessible to all, particularly in rural and underserved communities. Since its founding in 1990, the Foundation has brought music to more than 3,775 communities nationwide, engaging seniors, students, and general audiences alike. This tour is made possible by the generous support of the Muriel & Seymour Thickman Family Charitable Trust in Sheridan.
This fall tour offers residents across Wyoming an opportunity to experience world-class classical music in their hometowns. Performances will occur in museums, community centers, senior centers, colleges, and schools, reinforcing the Wyoming Arts Council’s commitment to community engagement and statewide access to the arts.
“Opportunities to experience live classical music are limited in many parts of Wyoming,” said Amara Fehring, community development and arts learning specialist with the Wyoming Arts Council. “The Piatigorsky Tour brings high-level performances directly into places like schools, senior centers, libraries, and museums, which makes classical music more accessible and ensures that cultural experiences aren’t limited to major cities.”
Fall 2025 Piatigorsky Tour Schedule
Unless noted as a school show, performances are free and open to the public.
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Wednesday, Sept. 24 | 2:30 p.m.
Westward Heights Care Center, Lander, WY -
Wednesday, Sept. 24 | 6 p.m.
South Pass City Historic Site, South Pass City, WY -
Thursday, Sept. 25 | School Show Only
Big Piney Middle School, Big Piney, WY -
Friday, Sept. 26 | 7 p.m.
Evanston High School Auditorium Gymnasium, Evanston, WY -
Saturday, Sept. 27 | 7 p.m.
Ford Theatre, Afton, WY -
Monday, Sept. 29 | 12:30 p.m.
Riverton Senior Center, Riverton, WY
About the Artists
Linda Rosenthal, violinist, performs throughout North America, Europe, and Asia in recitals, as a soloist with orchestra, and as a chamber musician. Based in Juneau, Alaska, she has performed in virtually every corner of the State. She is the Founder and Artistic Director of Juneau Jazz & Classics and the Lake Placid Chamber Music Seminar. She tours Strings & Stories, a show for young audiences created and premiered at the Kennedy Center in 1995, which she has presented nationwide with Los Angeles actor Bill Blush under the auspices of The Piatigorsky Foundation. Over the past decade, she has commissioned and premiered more than a dozen works, released four solo CDs, and continues to perform on a violin made in Turin, Italy, in 1772 by J. B. Guadagnini.
Steven Heyman, pianist, brings rich musicality and improvisational flair to classical performance. He has appeared in solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and as a concerto soloist throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He has performed at the Lincoln Center, Columbia University, Carnegie Hall, and as an invited artist for a Juilliard tribute to Adele Marcus, with whom he studied as a scholarship student at the Juilliard School before further study at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna with Hans Graf. A prizewinner in more than a dozen national and international competitions, he also won the Juilliard School’s Concerto Competition, appearing with the Juilliard Orchestra in Lincoln Center. In addition to his work as a collaborative pianist, he has performed as a jazz artist and composer across the United States and internationally.
For more information about the Piatigorsky Tour in Wyoming, contact Amara Fehring at (307) 630-3918 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You can learn more about the Wyoming Arts Council at wyomingartscouncil.org.
Figure 1: Violinist Linda Rosenthal and piano accompanist Steven Heyman will tour Wyoming this September through a partnership with the Wyoming Arts Council and the Piatigorsky Foundation.
Contact: Amara Fehring, 307-630-3918, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.